The high demand for single-aisle airplanes will be driven by an increasing affluence among the Chinese people and an increased desire to travel within China and to neighboring countries," adds Baseler.

The A-10 or the other aircraft that have bombs on them can do something about those forces that they find, they're in close proximity, within five miles, even closer in many cases, but there's no way for that Predator UAV to communicate this to that airplane in the sky because the Predator is in the intelligence channels and the airplane's in the operational channels.

With more than 3 million components (excluding rivets and fasteners) typically manufactured into one "seamless" airplane, every part consolidation achieved with castings would provide Boeing a cost savings in tooling, inventory, labor, rework, materials, design, testing and manufacturing.

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